Romain Bardet won stage 14 of the Tour of Spain, Which was disputed between Don Benito i Pico Villuercas, of 165 kilometers, in which Christian Eiking follows of leader and Miguel Ángel López he approached the general.
The race had ports at km 86, third category, 97 and at the finish line, both first category.
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From the first moment of the length there were attempts to escape, but the lot did not let, in principle, cyclists go to the front.
At kilometer 10 there was already a consolidated group, made up of: Clément Champoussin, Nicolas Prodhomme (AG2R-Citroën), Jay Vine (Alpecin-Fenix), Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Victorious), Dani Navarro (Burgos-BH), Aritz Bagués (Caixa Rural-Asegurances RGA), Jesús Herrada (Cofidis), Jens Keukeleire (EF Education Nippo), Xabier Mikel Azparren (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Arnaud Démare, Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ), Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), Sep Vanmarcke (Israel Start-Up Nation), Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal), Andrey Zeits (Team BikeExchange), Romain Bardet (Team DSM), Dylan Sunderland (Team Qhubeka NextHash) and Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates).
The rent went up like foam and exceeded 11 minutes. Each time the mountain was insinuated, as the nerves in the group were large.
Going forward, the attacks began in search of partial triumph. None were dangers to the overall classification.
The last climb defined many things and 29 km from the finish line, the income of the climbers was 11 min 53 s.
At this stage the leaders were: Prodhomme, Navarro, Vanmarcke and Holmes.
The pointer, Prodhomme, started to climb the final ascent with a difference of 54 s over the pursuers and 13 min 57 s over the leading batch.
9.6 km from the finish, Prodhomme was still at the top, with 51 s on those who follow him and 14 min 16 sa the main group, led by Jumbo Visma.
The fight for the stage victory was good. Bardet was the one who took the best advantage. The Frenchman not only sought triumph, but went for the lidrate of the mountain.
The Frenchman prevailed on the day, but the fight in the group was missing. Guillaume Martin attacked back, he was second in the overall.
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Jumbo Visma commanded the group, but 4 km from the finish line the movements were not strong. the leader Christian Eiking closed the group.
3 km from the finish line attacked López, who made the difference. No one marked him.
Lopez entered the finish line ahead of the other favorites, won time and approached the overall.
Roglic attacked, came with Bernal, Jack Haig.
The favorites made no difference.
This Sunday, more mountain, Navalmoral de la Mata i El Barraco, of 197 km, with four mountain passes.
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